OK... now I know what "Saskatoon's" are Theyâ€™re apparently native to Oregon as well as Canada, where most of the growing seems to be done. It also reads as if they'll easily grow from seed â€¦so if you could get some fruit there'd be no need to order plants and mess with inspections, quarantines and customs...

In your hunt for Saskatoons in the UK did you search for serviceberry or juneberry? There are serviceberries growing wild in Washington and Oregon but I haven't taken a liking to them on the few occasions I've picked a berry to sample. Maybe I should try drying some.

I've come across them, not tried the fruit. I'm going for saskatoon because I have a friend in the SW England that grows all 3, he has 2 named cultivars of saskatoon and he thinks they have good commercial potential in the UK.

Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:39 am

Dubyadee

Joined: Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:24 pmPosts: 126Location: Puyallup, WA

My serviceberry bush had lots of ripe berries on it today. I picked all the ripe ones, some are 1.2 cm diameter most are right about 1 cm diameter. My 2 year old son and 4 year old daughter each ate about a half cup.

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